Trump nevertheless ceased to listen to secular and spiritual leaders and take the move. During his short statement, he said that the US will support a peace process that Palestinian and Israeli representatives negotiate between themselves but that Washington will no longer be in the business of offering concrete proposals.

In this sense, while Trump’s move has inflamed tensions and set the peace process back, perhaps decades, it also would appear to indicate that the US is now washing its hands of any role in facilitating peace in the region.

Saeb Erekat, the Secretary General of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation has said that the speech has effectively killed the so-called “two state soluation” which Palestine has for decades, accepted as a a basis for peace negotiations.